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The Patron Saint of Youtube

2010-04-16 · John · watch on YouTube · History & curiosities · curiosity idea

Inspired by Hank's call for fun, John, a non-Catholic obsessed with patron saints, tours their odd patronages and recommends Padre Pio, said to bilocate, as patron saint of YouTube, since YouTube lets everyone be in two places at once.

What is said

00:00:00 — Thanks to Hank's fun video; John's obsession with Catholic patron saints; what patron saints are

  • ★★ John thanks Hank for his video reminding them that nerdfighting is important but needs to be fun; it inspired him to make a fun video, about saints. — 00:00:00 · nerdfighter
  • ★★ Though not Catholic himself, John says he is completely obsessed with Catholic patron saints. — 00:00:00 > «even though I am myself not Catholic, I am completely obsessed with Catholic patron saints»
  • ★★ John explains that patron saints are associated with a place, an ailment or a career, and can be asked to advocate on your behalf in heaven. — 00:00:00

00:00:32 — Odd patronages: hemorrhoids and cab drivers; St. Clare and television; the wolf painting; St. Nicholas of Myra and the pickled children

  • ★★ John says the patron saint against hemorrhoids (name heard as 'St. Theocra') is also patron of cab drivers, who get hemorrhoids from sitting and driving. (playful) — 00:00:32
  • ★★ John says St. Clare of Assisi is patron saint of television because, too sick to attend Mass near her death, she saw the Mass appear on her wall. — 00:00:32
  • ★★ John stresses that choosing the right patron saint matters, joking that St. Clare, not a patron of children, arrives late in a famous painting of her saving a child from a wolf. (playful) — 00:01:02
  • ★★ John says St. Nicholas of Myra, the original Santa Claus and not white, is patron saint of children because he resurrected three children murdered and pickled in brine. — 00:01:31

00:02:00 — No patron saint of YouTube yet: Clare, Isidore of Seville, or John's pick Padre Pio, whose bilocation YouTube gives everyone

  • ★★★ John says it is vitally important to pick the right patron saint, and as yet there is no patron saint of YouTube. — 00:02:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ John notes possible candidates: St. Clare, established in screens, or Isidore of Seville, who died in 636 yet is patron saint of computer nerds. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • ★★★ John recommends Padre Pio, a relatively recent saint whom many consider a bit nutty, as patron saint of YouTube, and shows he keeps him in his wallet. (playful) — 00:02:00 · YouTube
  • ★★ John describes Padre Pio as a 20th-century Italian priest who had the stigmata, or burned himself with acid on purpose, depending on your perspective. — 00:02:00
  • ★★ John says Padre Pio is famous partly for his reputed gift of bilocation, being in two places at the same time. — 00:02:29
  • ★★★ John argues YouTube gives everyone the superpower of bilocation: he is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house in Missoula at once. (playful) — 00:02:29 · YouTube, Indiana, Missoula, Montana
  • ★ John tells Hank that on Monday he will be in both Indianapolis and Missoula, and says he looks forward to it. (playful) — 00:02:29 · Indianapolis, Missoula, Montana

Humor (significant)

  • When the cable goes out, praying to St. Clare may seem crazy to Hank. — 00:01:02 > «the other strategy, calling your local cable provider, is even less likely to be effective»
  • A famous painting is called St. Clare Saving a Child from a Wolf; the child might call it something else. — 00:01:02 > «St. Clair showing up just a little bit late vis-a-vis my left arm and its attachment to my body»
  • Padre Pio could be in two places at the same time. — 00:02:29 > «He could be at the Pizza Hut, and he could be at the Taco Bell without being at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.»
  • Thanks to YouTube John is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house at once. — 00:02:29 > «Actually, I have trilocation because I'm also currently located on my own chest.»

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